The 2012 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix (formally the 2012 Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix)[4] was the eleventh round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held on 19 August 2012 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Race 11 of 18 races in the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 19 August 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After being absent from the United States Grand Prix at Laguna Seca, the Moto2 and Moto3 classes returned to competition at Indianapolis.[5]
Classification
editMotoGP
editPos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | 46:39.631 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 28 | +10.823 | 2 | 20 |
3 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +17.310 | 3 | 16 |
4 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +19.803 | 6 | 13 |
5 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +22.556 | 8 | 11 |
6 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +30.072 | 5 | 10 |
7 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Ducati Team | Ducati | 28 | +57.614 | 10 | 9 |
8 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 28 | +1:08.442 | 13 | 8 |
9 | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 28 | +1:11.106 | 12 | 7 |
10 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 28 | +1:14.079 | 11 | 6 |
11 | 24 | Toni Elías | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 28 | +1:26.305 | 16 | 5 |
12 | 22 | Iván Silva | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 28 | +1:40.274 | 20 | 4 |
13 | 5 | Colin Edwards | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Suter | 27 | +1 lap | 19 | 3 |
14 | 15 | Steve Rapp | Attack Performance | APR | 27 | +1 lap | 21 | 2 |
15 | 77 | James Ellison | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 27 | +1 lap[6] | 17 | 1 |
16 | 20 | Aaron Yates | GPTech | BCL | 27 | +1 lap | 22 | |
Ret | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 9 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 8 | Retirement | 9 | |
Ret | 11 | Ben Spies | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 6 | Retirement | 4 | |
Ret | 51 | Michele Pirro | San Carlo Honda Gresini | FTR | 1 | Retirement | 15 | |
Ret | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Speed Master | ART | 0 | Accident | 14 | |
Ret | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda | 0 | Retirement | 18 | |
DNS | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Team | Ducati | Injury | |||
WD | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | Injury | |||
Sources: [7][8][9] |
Moto2
editPos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Suter | 26 | 45:13.763 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 40 | Pol Espargaró | Kalex | 26 | +5.855 | 1 | 20 |
3 | 60 | Julián Simón | Suter | 26 | +9.394 | 4 | 16 |
4 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Kalex | 26 | +15.549 | 8 | 13 |
5 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Suter | 26 | +16.138 | 9 | 11 |
6 | 45 | Scott Redding | Kalex | 26 | +16.805 | 6 | 10 |
7 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 26 | +21.359 | 5 | 9 |
8 | 3 | Simone Corsi | FTR | 26 | +21.368 | 12 | 8 |
9 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Speed Up | 26 | +25.873 | 3 | 7 |
10 | 71 | Claudio Corti | Kalex | 26 | +26.471 | 7 | 6 |
11 | 80 | Esteve Rabat | Kalex | 26 | +26.916 | 15 | 5 |
12 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Motobi | 26 | +27.274 | 13 | 4 |
13 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Suter | 26 | +31.122 | 10 | 3 |
14 | 88 | Ricard Cardús | AJR | 26 | +35.928 | 17 | 2 |
15 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Tech 3 | 26 | +39.240 | 14 | 1 |
16 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 26 | +42.507 | 11 | |
17 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher | Kalex | 26 | +45.629 | 26 | |
18 | 81 | Jordi Torres | Suter | 26 | +45.753 | 23 | |
19 | 8 | Gino Rea | Suter | 26 | +51.567 | 19 | |
20 | 76 | Max Neukirchner | Kalex | 26 | +52.106 | 28 | |
21 | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 26 | +56.150 | 27 | |
22 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Bimota | 26 | +1:11.069 | 29 | |
23 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Suter | 26 | +1:11.765 | 25 | |
24 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | MZ-RE Honda | 26 | +1:20.042 | 20 | |
25 | 57 | Eric Granado | Motobi | 26 | +1:42.924 | 31 | |
26 | 10 | Marco Colandrea | FTR | 26 | +1:43.184 | 32 | |
27 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | FTR | 23 | +3 laps | 21 | |
DSQ | 95 | Anthony West | Speed Up | 26 | (+35.701)[10] | 24 | |
Ret | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Suter | 20 | Retirement | 22 | |
Ret | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Tech 3 | 17 | Accident | 18 | |
Ret | 15 | Alex de Angelis | FTR | 17 | Accident | 16 | |
Ret | 22 | Alessandro Andreozzi | Speed Up | 10 | Accident | 30 | |
Ret | 82 | Elena Rosell | Moriwaki | 7 | Accident | 33 | |
Source:[11] |
Moto3
editPos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex KTM | 23 | 42:14.300 | 4 | 25 |
2 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | KTM | 23 | +0.056 | 1 | 20 |
3 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex KTM | 23 | +2.940 | 15 | 16 |
4 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Suter Honda | 23 | +3.067 | 11 | 13 |
5 | 5 | Romano Fenati | FTR Honda | 23 | +3.664 | 8 | 11 |
6 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | KTM | 23 | +7.663 | 5 | 10 |
7 | 42 | Álex Rins | Suter Honda | 23 | +7.697 | 6 | 9 |
8 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | FTR Honda | 23 | +11.203 | 10 | 8 |
9 | 23 | Alberto Moncayo | FTR Honda | 23 | +11.242 | 9 | 7 |
10 | 10 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 23 | +13.163 | 12 | 6 |
11 | 61 | Arthur Sissis | KTM | 23 | +23.362 | 22 | 5 |
12 | 52 | Danny Kent | KTM | 23 | +24.364 | 2 | 4 |
13 | 96 | Louis Rossi | FTR Honda | 23 | +25.001 | 14 | 3 |
14 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | FTR Honda | 23 | +31.211 | 16 | 2 |
15 | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | FTR Honda | 23 | +34.179 | 13 | 1 |
16 | 9 | Toni Finsterbusch | Honda | 23 | +1:12.945 | 27 | |
17 | 30 | Giulian Pedone | Suter Honda | 23 | +1:14.428 | 26 | |
18 | 51 | Kenta Fujii | TSR Honda | 23 | +1:14.709 | 29 | |
19 | 80 | Armando Pontone | Ioda | 23 | +1:15.326 | 28 | |
20 | 20 | Riccardo Moretti | Mahindra | 22 | +1 lap | 30 | |
Ret | 25 | Maverick Viñales | FTR Honda | 22 | Accident | 3 | |
Ret | 89 | Alan Techer | TSR Honda | 15 | Accident | 18 | |
Ret | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | FTR Honda | 11 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 3 | Luigi Morciano | Ioda | 10 | Retirement | 25 | |
Ret | 12 | Álex Márquez | Suter Honda | 6 | Accident | 19 | |
Ret | 41 | Brad Binder | Kalex KTM | 3 | Accident | 17 | |
Ret | 26 | Adrián Martín | FTR Honda | 0 | Accident | 20 | |
Ret | 53 | Jasper Iwema | FGR Honda | 0 | Accident | 21 | |
Ret | 27 | Niccolò Antonelli | FTR Honda | 0 | Accident | 24 | |
DSQ | 31 | Niklas Ajo | KTM | 4 | Disqualified | 23 | |
DNS | 8 | Jack Miller | Honda | Injury | |||
DNS | 99 | Danny Webb | Mahindra | Injury | |||
DNS | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Kalex KTM | Injury | |||
Source:[12] |
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
editBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.[13]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
edit- ^ "2012 Indianapolis MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2012 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Indianapolis Motor Speedway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "FIM announce changes to 2012 MotoGP calendar". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ ""The Corkscrew" awaits as MotoGP descends on Laguna Seca". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
This will be the 14th time the MotoGP field is set to race at the track, which is the shortest on the Grand Prix calendar [...] the Moto2 and Moto3 classes will not be racing at this weekend's event.
- ^ James Ellison was demoted 1 position after the race for shortcutting the track.
- ^ "2012 Indianapolis MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "motogp.com · RED BULL INDIANAPOLIS GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2012". www.motogp.com.
- ^ "Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 August 2012.
- ^ "Doping – Decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in the case of rider Anthony West" (PDF). v2-fim-live.com. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 28 November 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-24. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
[...] all the sporting results obtained by Anthony West from 20 May 2012 up to the expiry of the period of ineligibility (i.e. 19 October 2013) will be invalidated.
- ^ "Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix – Moto2 – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 August 2012.
- ^ "Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix – Moto3 – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 August 2012.
- ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2012. Retrieved 2019-08-25.